Well-being and mobility of female-heads of households in a fishing village in south India

Ibrahim, Fazeeha, Lund, Ragnhild, Rao, Nitya and Renganathan, Manimohan (2021) Well-being and mobility of female-heads of households in a fishing village in south India. Gender, Place and Culture, 28 (5). pp. 627-648. ISSN 0966-369X

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Abstract

This paper focuses on how Female Heads of Households (FHHs) in a village in Cuddalore District, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, have tried to achieve their various well-being targets and overcome their vulnerabilities through engaging in fish trading and auctioning that in turn involves moving within and outside their village. The study is based on a three-week fieldwork undertaken in April and May 2017, including multiple methods, such as observations, village walks, informal discussions, focus group discussions, and in-depth interviews. We address how FHHs’ well-being intersects with old vulnerabilities that are an inherent part of their fishing culture (caste, class and gender) and new vulnerabilities created due to precarities related to mechanized fishing, modernization and post-tsunami development. We found that the complex situation of vulnerability and precarity in the fishing sector have affected the material, relational, and subjective wellbeing of FHHs differently, benefitting some female auctioneers but not the majority of fish vendors. In particular, the mobility of younger FHHs was restricted due to familial and social expectations.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	female heads of households (fhhs), fish vendors, well-being, mobility, vulnerability
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Health and Disease Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Life Course, Migration and Wellbeing Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Literacy and Development Group University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Research Groups > Gender and Its Intersections
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	29 Apr 2020 00:03
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2025 00:19
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/74869
DOI:	10.1080/0966369X.2020.1739003

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